WASHINGTON, D.C.: Firearms have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides, such as the recent killing of 19 children in a Texas school rampage.
Overall, 4,368 children and adolescents up to the age of 19 died from firearms in 2020, a rate of 5.4 for every 100,000, a dashboard of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed.
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